Puzzle



Patented Dec. 23, 1924-.

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UNi'I'Efi STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CARL IF. DIE-T2, 0F FITZSIME'IONS, COLOR-ADO; YVINIFRLE) 1). DIET?!EXECUTRIX 01E SAID CAB/L F. DIETZ, DECEASED.

PUZZLE.

Application filed December 22, 1923. Serial No. 682,244.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. Drnrz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fitzsimmons, in the county of Adams and State of Colorado,have invented new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices particularly to games andpuzzles and has for its object the provision of a novel puzzle involvinga playing board and a plurality of pegs of different shapes and colorsdesigned for initial disposition upon the board in fortuitousarrangement, the pegs being movable one by one along a casual pathwhereby to be brought eventually into columns and rows, with the pegs ofthe dilferent colors and shapes in proper arrangement.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character inwhich certain of the pegs are initially placed to serve as a guide notonly as to the shapes but also to the colors to give the properindication as to the arrangement into which all the pegs must be broughtto effect solution of the puzzle.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly amusing andentertaining in use and a general improvementin the art.

Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device showing an initial arrangement ofpegs thereon ready for playing the game,

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 1 showing the puzzle solved.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I have shown the device ascomprising a base or board 10 which is provided with a row of holes 11near one edge and a similar row of holes 12 near the adjacent edge. Theplaying surface of the board is marked off to define a playing area 13defined by intersecting lines 14 and 15 at the junctures of which areholes 16. The holes 16 are in column alignment with the holes 12 and arein row alignment with the holes 11.

In connection with the board I make use of a plurality of pegs 17, 18,19, 20 and 21 which are of different shapes as shown and which arelikewise of dilferent colors, there being several of each shapedifferently colored. All these pegs have similar shank portions 22adapted to fit within the holes.

In using the device, one set of pegs 17 to 21 is arranged along the rowof holes 11 to serve as a guide. Other pegs of the cylindrical shape areengaged within the row of holes 12. These latter mentioned pegs are alldifferently colored. The remaining pegs are mixed up and inserted intothe holes 16 all except one peg which is laid aside so that there willbe one vacant hole preferably at the lower right hand corner of theplaying area 13. To play, a start is made by moving a peg from anadjacent hole into the vacant hole, thus creating a new vacancy, whichis in turn filled in the same manner by moving a peg from another adjacent hole thereinto and so on. All moves must be along straight linesonly and the game is won, or the puzzle solved when by successive movesthe pegs are so lined up that by using the idle peg referred to above tofill the open hole, all pegs of the same shape will be in one horizontalrow and all pegs of the same color in one column.

At the upper left hand corner of the play ing area 13 is a singlediagonal line 28 along which the player has the privilege of making one,only, diagonal move in case such is necessary to effect solution of thepuzzle.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed, inexpensive andvery entertaining game or puzzle which is bound to be attractiveespecially to the young.

WVhile I have shown and described a certain shape of playing surface anda certain number, shapes and sizes of pegs, it is obvious that manyvariations in these respects may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

A game device comprising a board having 2 1 ,52o,eee

a playing surface provided with holes arnamed row of holes and that aplurality of ranged in rows and columns, the board besimilarly shapedpegs of all the difierent ing formed at adjacent sides of the playingcolors be engaged Within the other row of surface With other rows ofholes, in oombisecond named holes, said two sets acting as nation Withpegs 01 different shapes and guides for the positioning of the otherpegs colors insertable Within the holes, it being during the playing ofthe game, intended that one set of pegs of a certain In testimonywhereof I affix my signature. color be engaged Within one of the secondCARL F. DIETZ.

